Paring and cutting knife.



w. A; LINDSAY. I PARING AND CUTTING KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED, JULY 31. 1907.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

wihwoozo .tion.

. after described'and claimed.

UNITED STATES r rnNtr curios,

WILLIAM A. LINDSAY, or ANDERSON, INDIANA.

PARING AND CUTTING KNIFE.

In the accompanying drawings,

I constructed in accordance with this inven- Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional -view on a larger seale on a plane intersectingrthc blade.

the said cut-tin The handle .1 of the knife niay be of the form here. shown or of any other suitable form. 'lhesame is provided at one end with av blade 2 which presents a transversely cone-ave front or inner surface 3 and a convex rear or'outer surface 4. One. edge of the said'blade is beveled on the rear side, as a at 5, to term a cutting edge (t.

The outer end otfithe said blade is rounded as at Z to form n cutting point 8 at the outer corner of the blade at the cutting edge (3 thereof, point being especially ada ted for use-1n cutting out eyes or pits of ruits and vegetables. The said blade is provided with a longitudinal-slot 9, the

rear side of which is narrower than the front side thereof to present ed es 10; which converge'toward the concave, ront side of the blade and form cutting edges 11 on the back orconveii side of the blade at the sides of such slot.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a paring and cutting knife Specification of Letters tPatent. Application filed Jul 3151907. Serial No. 386,398.

Patented April 27, 11909.

By holdin the fruit or vegetable in one;

hand and wit 1 the other hand manipulating the knife so as to present the concaved side of the blade to the surface of such fruit or vegetable and moving the knife on the fruit or vegetable first in one direction and then in the other direction transversely with reference to the blade, the edges 6, 11 of the blade will operate to peel the fruit or vegetable, as will be understood. After the peel ing has been cut ofi' a continuance of such,

manipulation will cause the fruit or vegetable to be cut into thin slices or chips: The

cutting edges "6 may be used for cutting the fruit or vegetable in pieces. The cutting point .8 is useful in cutting out the core, as well as in cutting out the eyes or pits.

I Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A knife of the class described having a blade concave on one side and convex on the other, such bladerounded at its outer end on one side and presenting two parallel straight edges of unequal length, the longer straight edge being beveled to form a cutting edge at the concave side of thebla'de and extending to such rounded end to form a cutt-in point and a cutting edge. such blade belng further provided with a longitudinal slot having beveled sides converging toward the convex surface of the blade and gorining cutting edges at such convex surace.

In testimon whereof, I aflix my signature in presence o two witnesses.

\VILLTAM A. LlNDSAY. WVitnesses;

JULIA A. Moons, D, C. CHIPMAN. 

